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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Baz-L:
OK will do, any views on what could be preventing my phone from deep sleep? (if thats the case)

Also should i nandroid backup my current setup? or restore the nandroid backup first from pre villainrom?

Just not fully sure about the best way to do this.

Thanks again!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
It's up to you, to be honest though there is no point doing a backup of current system setup if you are facing these issues.

My guess is it could be an app that's keeping your phone from Deep Sleep. Search on the forum for an app called BetterBatteryStats, it will help you to see if you phone is being kept awake for some reason.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Baz-L:
OK il grab that app and see whats what, looks like il have to reflash vr though, thanks again :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
No problem, I hope you get it sorted. :D

Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA telepathy.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ekoandrew:
NVM, fixed it, Reflash the whole entire rom from scratch, and no Titanium back up this time.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] rantzzz:
How much is your Android OS usage?

I noticed that AOS is running much higher CPU usage on mine :(

What contributes to AOS usage?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Baz-L:
My Android OS is at 2nd place with 17% usage...

However im new to all this, so im just trying to learn as much as poss by reading....

With regards to my battery problem, it does seem a bit better, (lost about 5% overnight in a 7 hour period) but im still not convinced it is how it should be for villainrom, especially when im using the phone thats when it seems to drain superfast.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Baz-L:
So i just need a bit of info before i take my next step....

3 days ago coming from stock gs2, i rooted with CF-root 4 via odin.

Then i did a nandroid backup, before flashing my first ever custom rom (villainrom 2.1)

yesterday, as advised i updated the modem to kh3 and also the kernel to ninphet 2.1.1 (i did no backups of any sort before doing these 2 updates)

I just want to know, since my battery problem persists.....should i restore using the nandroid backup i made a few days ago? which will this take me back to how my phone was pre villainrom? ie: as if its just been rooted with CF-root but no custom rom? then reflash villainrom again?...

Only as i was told, theres no point in backing up my current state as im getting poor battery life, im not fully sure about restoring with nandroid, once a backup has been made (the backup 3 days ago) can i restore that backup no matter wha?t even if its a few days later and things have been updated, like modem/kernel...

Again, any help is really appreciated, hope i can get this prob sorted today :(

Thx in advance :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
The backup will put your phone back into the same state as it was before any of your updates when you created the backup regardless of modem/kernel. If you're going to do a fresh install no need to restore your old setup just go into CWM and wipe data and cache then go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache. Once this is done go back to previous menu and flash ROM zip. Now you will have a clean install and won't have any curious apps installed. I'd suggest using Titanium backup or AntTek App Manager like I do and freeze/remove unwanted Samsung bloatware that you'll never use as a lot of it will keep your phone awake to update. Once doing this run your phone for a little while and see how the battery is. When you're happy install the apps you want and hopefully you won't get your battery problems back. If you do then you know it's an app keeping it awake so can use betterbatterystats to identify which.

Good luck
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Baz-L:
thanks so much for clearing that up, just wasnt sure which way to go about it :D

But i gather your saying no point doing the nandroid restore since i need to wipe and reflash villainrom anyways, still the nandroid backup is still there from before just incase :)

Thx again, much appreciated i'll post back later :P
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
Exactly, the backup will always be there until you delete it from the clockworkmod folder on your SD card.

Feed a seedling and it will grow ;) Obviously some seeds will never grow no matter how much you feed them, don't be one of those :p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Baz-L:
hehe, gotcha, just a little daunting as im new to android 2 weeks ago, coming from 3 years on an iphone and the jailbreak scene. Android is much more technologicaly advanced....

Even though im 99% sure on things sometimes, i still like to get it confirmed :D

Thx mate :P
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] evenelia:
I've got two questions:

1) Is there a way to get the glow when I reach the top/bottom of a list?

2) Is it possible to get the option between reebooting, recovery and download mode when I press the powerbutton?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Gasparello:
Try this mods: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1188201
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kryptoner:
I am having problems while using adfree with this rom, I reinstalled the app, updated all sources and rebooted, but I still get ads in friendcaster and angry birds... plz help to solve this...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
it is possible either you are not using teh app properly, or these apps are using hosts not blocked via the latest hosts file.

Try opening ad-free pressing revert, applying the update, applying the update again then rebooting.

Edit: I do not condone the use of ad-free, if you want to remove adds then pay developers for their ad-free versions.

Android is a friendly platform we should support our developers.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kryptoner:
ok, I tried it, but didn't work, I'll try to get more info in android section on xda, thanks a lot...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kryptoner:
but in games like angry birds, ads ruin the experience of the game...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
LOL. Not ROM issue. Angry Birds is smarter than that, and uses their OWN ads if I recall correctly...

Maybe friendcaster does it too? Remember apps cost money to make, and they give you them free. Don't remove the ads if you don't buy them or donate.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kryptoner:
ok, agree, but who will convince my sister for that (too small to understand) :P she just wants to get rid of them! anyways, thanks! rom working awesome, I came back to this one after a long time becoz I tried 8-10 other roms, one of the many reasons for coming beck include VRTweaks.. I love that tweak app!!!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Rapa_:
nevermind... ads are back again...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
I think you can get ad free for a buck on market or amazon store
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] rocketpaul:
any chance of getting the sms tweak for showing sent time?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kryptoner:
didn't get one on market, I'll try on amazon store now..
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mccune:
If you disable your data connection Angry Birds (original) plays just fine.

It's a work around but it does help deciding whether you want to spend all that money on the Market ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] splurge_in:
isn't there going to be a new update?like for kh3 base?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
Are you going to learn to read? Like a normal person?

You'll probably find the answer to both our questions to be the same.... Like no!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
We've not found any compelling reason to update - use the KH3 modem with this ROM :)

If it ain't broke, don't fix it...

KG6 had fixes for things, KH3 doesn't have any that I know of...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] njord74:
Thats one of the reasons i love this Rom,not new versons and updates every day like many other Roms.

This Rom is nice as it is :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] p5x:
Anyone managed to get the home button lag fix working with vr 2.42 lite?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] drmikk:
Is there a Fix to disable Noise reduction permanently?

Tried to search but didn't find it.

Thanks, great ROM!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xgrind:
Why would you want to disable it? It's a good feature IMO
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
What you mean by radio? Modem ?

I have FM Radio installed lol if thats what you meant
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] serrov91:
The radio and modem means the same (nothing to do with the FM thing haha)...

You can find the kh3 radio file in many users signatures..

Download and flash the kh3 radio zip file trhough ClockWorkMod (CWM) =)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Potatoman:
Great job on this rom, been running a couple days now and I do like it.

Just some feedback though, maybe a comprehensive featurelist or full changelog might be a good idea? There's no real description of the rom's features or progression anywhere in the first posts, and it almost made me decide against installing it... and that would've been a real shame! :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ekoandrew:
ooo thats good news to see, no know problems. Everything been smooth sailing!!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mach0boi:
Pulser will put one if samsung releases one :)

Thing's in the OP and rebasing to new firmware is the changelog :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] rantzzz:
The Android OS usage is still quite high

This is despite me wiping/formatting and cache partition wipe, and updating to ninp 2.0.5

Android OS usage @ 24 minutes with 5h on battery, is this considered high?

I have not used any power saving apps, so my data connection is always on.

What contributes to AOS usage??
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kahvitahra:
Your AOS continues to using battery in future also. Yes, it cannot work without power.

Chees, people. Please stop spamming threads with that aos non-sense and stop staring that that battery usage screen.

Sorry for this useless post, but had to say it..
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
Hi guys

Downloaded VR2.4.2 - looks good so far great battery

Whats a good mod to show battery percentage and wifi 3g green signal level icon ?

Something simple, i dont want to change anything else
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
But we can't do a full feature list, since the features are user selected via VRTweaks :)

Re changelog, if you get Samsung to provide one, I will do one. I'm not promising that the two will differ in any way though :p

It's not the ROM here that changes. I just use my "formula". It's the base that is updated when there is a need
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kahvitahra:
Here's battery mod with advanced power menu

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16246199&postcount=27

An here's greener connection icons via metamorph

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16037432&postcount=2
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] WastedJoker:
Instructions on another site recommends updating your modem after installing 2.4.2 - where do I find these modems and can soemone tell me more about why?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
APM + JKays Circle Battery

http://www.multiupload.com/WXGGNMCBM9

doesnt work - theme control file missing or something

I installed greener connection icons via metomorph first and then APM + Jkay circle battery
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kahvitahra:
APM + battery is CWM flashable file like I said in that post :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bryanchapman9999:
What features are available via VRTweaks? I looked around your website yesterday but could not find a list of features anywhere.

I've downloaded the ROM, but the lack of a feature list is holding me back on installing it. I've no doubt I'll get round to trying it, but as a GS2 noob its the feature lists on page 1 of xxxROM that gets me flashing!

I used your hero ROM back in the day so I have no doubt about the quality.

Please think of this as a 'marketing' suggestion, I am in no way putting this down.

Cheers

Bryan
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ebliss:
Sigh... look at Post 7 of this thread.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] exgtigsr:
hehehe thanks kahvitahra! :D

applied the home button lagfix in VRtweaks

scrolled down a bit...

read posting splash screen hang on boot!!

my screen also stuck on splash screen boot << panic!

scrolled down a bit more...

read posting on no need to panic, have to wait coz cache is broken << huh panic disappeared!

and wha lah!! successfully boot!

BUT WAIT, kahvitahra's APM is now no more...:(

scrolled down a bit more...

then read kahvitahra's updated version of home button fix.. << yeah baby!!

it goes to show, scrolling a bit more, goes a loooooon way!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bryanchapman9999:
Cool, many thanks. Sorry just assumed there would be more as it was referred to as a feature list.

I guess I'll just go ahead and install then and see for myself:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pyushgupta87:
I need a help guys.

Is there a way to use my volume button as camera button on this ROM. I read cognition has this, but i dont want to leave just coz of this.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] seshmaru:
new vrtheme up.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] LuffyPSP:
havent visit this thread for a quite some time. I reflashed VR2.4.2 over my current setup with mods/tweaks/browser odexer. now currently rebooting after installing the camera and video hack + home lag fix. any how to make it working with the browser odexer? or is there any new fix? cuz flashing with odexer will make it hang at splash screen.

waiting...waiting...boom reboot done. i'm in. so i only miss the stock browser. :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] BAWS:
What´s up with the updates Pulser???

3 weeks since you posted 2.4.2

:)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jooboo:
hi guys sorry if this has been covered before, but im new to villain rom...just installed 2.4.2 and its just normal gingerbread theme?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
yes this is a rom not a theme
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] esk02k:
New theme for the villain ROM if anyone's interested.

Im looking for someone that can help me add some tweaks (overscroll, extended power menu, crt maybe) as I suck at coding.

Heres a semi transparent pulldown blind with a villain logo for your systemUI too.

Have a good day all.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Rofor:
Hi,

Sadly it's not so a good feature if you put a case on your SG2! With most of them (case.mate, NillKin, some silicone and tpu-cases) the call-receiver get's massive echoes while in a call!

Only solution for this at this moment - use the SG2 without any case or disable noice chancellation evry time you make a call. Sadly there is no option to permanently disable this and so many of us are searching for a solution of this problem...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kahvitahra:
You can use my files as a base. I have all those mods included. Check my signature for a link.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] rockky:
I assume this will be going to a XXXKH3 based Rom?

Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it. I do have KH3 modem....haven't seen the benefits yet but got to have the latest you know!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
You know what they say about assuming???

This has been covered more than once in the last few pages so you didn't have to scroll far to see but no it's not going to as there's no clear benefits just use the KH3 modem and you're fine. Alternatively there are many ROM's available with a number bump for the sake of doing so out there.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Rooster19:
Any way to remove sms limit for stock messaging app?

I'm not bothered using 3rd party apps.

It used to be on tweaks but not anymore.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] darfbozo:
ooops

Ooops, lol, have sent two handsets back already for exactly this problem!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] s2d4:
I think he hates you!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] desean:
Personally, I don't use casing because I think it hides the beauty of the SGS2. :D Not forgetting also adding weight and thickness to the phone.

Why not use a pouch like I do and you have a permanent solution for the problem :p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] rockky:
[

Thanks for the reply!

QUOTE=AvRS;16944501]You know what they say about assuming???

This has been covered more than once in the last few pages so you didn't have to scroll far to see but no it's not going to as there's no clear benefits just use the KH3 modem and you're fine. Alternatively there are many ROM's available with a number bump for the sake of doing so out there.[/QUOTE]
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] thawizard:
i use a slick black case, took me a while to find a good one.

i do admit it loses the beauty of S2 but the main reason was, that i am afraid to drop the phone, because the S2 body is quite light and slippery. with the case i have a good grip and wont worry about sliding out of my hand.

anyway is it just me or am i getting worse wifi with VR+KH3. i'm having more disconnects with my wifi than it was before but on my wifes litening there's no wifi problem with KH3. yuck.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Rem¡:
Will the CRT effect ("For VillainROM 2.1 & 2.3 (currently active)") also work in 2.4.2?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
The Modem thread is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131950

It will soon be edited by pulser and me to accomodate the latest Modems and will also provide a small tutorial on how to flash them.

In the meantime I would suggest you download the KH3 Modem from the link in my sig and flash it via CWM recovery. It's the latest one and has given excellent results to so many users.

:)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Unlikely, since the 2.4.2 ROM is on a different base.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mb:
KH3 is a fantastic radio, sorry modem (ex-WinMo user, forgive me).

Passing the 'train' test with flying colours. Hangs on to weak signals really well and switches between 2G and 3G/HDSPA superbly. Great battery life, if not improved, too.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
I've got 6 cases for my SGS2 and have to say... I have never experience this issue with any of them. My cases include a Nillkin extra slim TPU case, Case-Mate Barely There silver hard case, Samsung vent hard case and few other TPU and silicone ones.

Can honestly say that I never had echo with any of them.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] demmo81:
Hey guys thank you so much for ur support but i know a lot of people asked the same tjkng again and again... But why this Rom does not support Arabic? I mean why u guys dint implement this directly inside the Rom? I know there is patches and everything bit least u can add it directly to read the sms and the web browser in arabic, the only thing that stopped me from aging this Rom is the Arabic issue although Im using the hineyvillain on my tablet and i love it..
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lpsi2000:
Because I have no use for it and it does not come by default with the Stock ROM.:p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] WastedJoker:
Can I use CWM with VillainROM without issues?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Nebucatnetzer:
Make a hole into the case? Just a small one for the 2nd micro.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] WastedJoker:
ok, I installed CWM but lost my nice VillainROM boot logo.

CWM app isn't showing but I can boot into CWM recovery using vol up, home and power button.

Is that how it is meant to work? Kernel on phone shows at clockworkx rather than ninphetamine...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] WastedJoker:
Oh, and one more thing:

Will the KH3 modem fix GPS? I really struggles to get a location - my weather widget still states my lcoation is Birtley....but I was there 8hrs ago :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
I am having some terrible battery life problems - will upload the screenshot of battery monitor widget history when i get the photo

I am getting -41mA to -29mA overnight when I'm asleep. Is the phone awake or something? This is really strange, unless my battery is broken?

1. Was on VR2.4.2 but bad battery life

2. Re-ODIN'd to KH3 firmware

3. cleared cache/data/dalvik

4. Re-installed VR2.4.2 via SD card in CWM

5. Now on KH3 mode, VR 2.4.2 and ninpho 2.0.4

Can someone help me out please ? :(

I just installed Juice Defender and see how it goes
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
All you need to do is boot to recovery by turning phone off and pressing Vol Up + Home + Power and hold it till it boots into recovery. Then just select the Modem zip and flash it.

You didin't need to switch kernels... and yes it will help with your GPS.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] s2d4:
You lost 4% over 2 hours, so if your phone is idle, you have over 50hrs on a single charge.

What did you expect it to do?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
I've read in the Litening forum, some guy said when the phone is idle/sleep , it should do about loss of 2-10mA

I used to get 3% loss overnight, not sure what changed. I dont have many apps/mods either
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] s2d4:
I think I'll let you figure out if you have a problem or not...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Well, at the moment I am getting a steady idle drain of about 2-5mA.

Then again, I freeze most of the apps that I don't use. Also I make sure that there its nothing to keep my phone awake.

I would advise to see I'd there its something that's running on you're phone when screen is off.

Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA telepathy.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
And I have clearly explained we update when there is improvement, not when a chimp at samsung presses "build" three times and leaks each over 3 days :p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kalpik:
How do you measure battery drain in mA?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Because it is so easily installed as an addon...

I thought people finally understood about how this rom works :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
Have a look. Will my wifi not being turned off during sleep affect it? Let me know if you want to have a look at my better battery stats file dump txt
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Battery Monitor Widget Pro my good man. ;)

Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA telepathy.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Hmmm...it shouldn't affect it too much.

This is what I'm getting at the moment, with wifi set to turn off when the screen does.

Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA telepathy.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
Holy crap.. your battery is amazing.. PM'd you about your apps.

Will try your kernel, rom and modem when I get home
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kalpik:
You both should check your wakelocks, as the phone is awake when the screen is off..
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] tenchi0205:
Just notice that when I on my camera that counter at the top right hand side corner and the battery icon are missing in Villain Rom...other user have this issue or its just me?

above photo is not my SGS 2
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kahvitahra:
Hello!

New tweak for VR2.4. ( Original maker DAGr8 thanks to his work! )

- 7 Scrollable toggles in quick panel ( data and flight mode added )

- Moves thoses toggles to bottom ( MIUI style )

- 4 toggles on screen instead of 5

- etc.

Check here.